yoghurt

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

Ottoman Turkish یوغورت (yōghurt,^[1] yoğurt) (Turkish yoğurt ^[2][3][4][5])

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: yŏʹgət, (older) yōʹgo͝ort, IPA: /ˈjɒɡət/,^[1] (older)^[1] /ˈjəʊgʊət/,^[1] SAMPA: /"jQg@t/, (older) /"j@UgU@t/
• (US) enPR: yōʹgərt, IPA: /ˈjoʊɡɚt/, /ˈjoʊɡɚt̚/, SAMPA: /"joUg@`t/
• (Australia) enPR: yōʹgət, IPA: /ˈjoʊɡət/, SAMPA: /"joUg@t/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

yoghurt (plural yoghurts)

1. A milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavouring; any similar product based on other substances (e.g., soy yoghurt).

[edit] Related terms

• yaourt

[edit] See also

• curd
• whey

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[edit] Dictionary notes

Though most modern dictionaries list the etymology simply as “Turkish yoğurt” this can be misleading since English began using this word as early as the 16th century but it was not until the 20th century that the modern Turkish spelling yoğurt was devised. A few dictionaries including the OED do not use this modern spelling in their etymologies. The OED prefers “Turkish yōghurt” which presumably represents the pronunciation at the time of the borrowing or a transcription of the old Ottoman Turkish spelling in its variant of the Arabic script.

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} “yogurt” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]
2. ^ "yoghurt." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2009.
3. ^ "yoghurt." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2009.
4. ^ "yoghurt." The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2004.
5. ^ "yogurt." Online Etymology Dictionary. 2001.